Excluded Matter means any action, suit or proceeding by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries against any Indemnitee who is or was an employee, but not an officer, of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee, but not as a director or officer, of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
Excluded Matters shall have the meaning given such term in Section 13.3 hereof.
Specified Matter means any Amendment of a Portfolio Investment that (a) reduces the principal amount of such Portfolio Investment, (b) reduces the rate of interest payable on such Portfolio Investment, (c) postpones the due date of any scheduled payment or distribution in respect of such Portfolio Investment, (d) alters the pro rata allocation or sharing of payments or distributions required by any related underlying instrument in a manner adverse to the Company, (e) releases any material guarantor of such Portfolio Investment from its obligations, (f) terminates or releases any lien on a material portion on the collateral securing such Portfolio Investment, (g) changes any of the provisions of any such underlying instrument specifying the number or percentage of lenders required to effect any of the foregoing or (h) materially changes any financial maintenance covenant.
Excluded Debt means (i) intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) credit extensions under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Securitization Facility, (iii) (x) credit extensions under any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower arising from cash pooling and related overdraft arrangements in the ordinary course of business and (y) credit extensions under any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower set forth on Schedule 1.01 (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) and any refinancing, renewal, refunding, extension or replacement thereof (in each case, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than a Guarantee by the Borrower) and excluding debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the refinanced, renewed, refunded, extended or replaced funded amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest or premiums thereon and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith plus (without duplication) an amount equal to any commitment unutilized thereunder and (iv) other Indebtedness (other than debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) not included in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above in an outstanding aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000; provided, further, in no event shall any Indebtedness (other than credit extensions pursuant to immediately preceding clause (ii)) which gives effect (whether in whole or in part) to the refinancing, renewal, refunding, extension or replacement of the Borrower’s existing 6.625% Notes due 2016 constitute “Excluded Debt”.
Excluded Equity means any Voting Stock in excess of 66% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of any direct Subsidiary of any Grantor that is a Non-U.S. Person. For the purposes of this definition, “Voting Stock” means, as to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or other ownership interests of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).
Excluded Costs means the following expenses, as they relate to the Building Operating Costs and the Project Operating Costs (as defined below): (i) depreciation, interest, and amortization on mortgages or ground lease payments, (ii) legal fees incurred in negotiating and enforcing tenant leases, (iii) real estate brokers’ leasing commissions, (iv) initial improvements or alterations to tenant spaces, (v) the cost of providing any service directly to and paid directly by any individual tenant, if the cost of providing such service would have otherwise been included in Building’s Operating Costs, (vi) any costs expressly excluded from Operating Expenses elsewhere in this Lease, (vii) costs of any items for which Landlord receives reimbursement from insurance proceeds or a third party (such costs shall be excluded from Operating Expenses in the year in which the reimbursement is received), but any deductible amount under any insurance policy shall be included within Operating Expenses, (viii) costs of capital improvements, except as specifically provided herein, (ix) costs incurred for the benefit of a single tenant (for example, tenant improvement costs to build-out a particular suite), (x) costs incurred due to Landlord’s breach of a lease, law, or ordinance, (xi) repairs necessitated by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, (xii) the cost of earthquake or flood insurance, unless required by Landlord’s Lender and in such event an amount reasonably estimated by Landlord to approximate the cost of such coverage as if such coverage been carried during the Base Year shall be added to Direct Expenses for the Base Year, (xiii) overhead profit increments paid to Landlord’s subsidiaries or affiliates for management or other services on or to the building or for supplies or other materials to the extent that the cost of the services, supplies, or materials exceeds the cost that would have been paid had the services, supplies, or materials been provided by unaffiliated parties on a competitive basis, (xiv) any compensation paid to clerks, attendants, or other persons in commercial concessions operated by Landlord, (xv) advertising and promotional expenditures, (xvi) costs of repairs and other work occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other casualty covered by insurance, (xvii) management costs to the extent they exceed 5% of all gross rent collected, (xviii) costs for sculpture, paintings, or other objects of art (nor insurance thereon or extraordinary security in connection therewith), (xix) wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to any executive employees above the grade of building manager, (xx) the cost of correcting any building code or other violations which were violations prior to the Lease Commencement Date, and (xxi) the cost of containing, removing, or otherwise remediating any contamination of the Property (including the underlying land and ground water) by any toxic or hazardous materials (including, without limitation, asbestos and “PCB’s”) where such contamination was not caused by Tenant.
Excluded Hedging Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) as it relates to all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of Hedging Obligations, any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation or (b) as it relates to all or a portion of the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure any Hedging Obligation (or secure any Guarantee in respect thereof), any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure such Hedging Obligation (or secure any Guarantee in respect thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation. If a Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal. As used in this definition, “Hedging Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Non-Excluded Tax has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
Excluded Claims means (a) a party’s breach of its obligations in Section 5 (Confidential Information) (but excluding obligations and/or claims relating to Customer Data); (b) either party’s express obligations under Section 11 (Indemnification); and (c) liability which, by law, cannot be limited.
Excluded IP has the meaning assigned to such term in the U.S. Security Agreement.
Non-Excluded Taxes as defined in Section 2.20(a).
Excluded Transactions means:
Excluded Transaction means any transaction in which assets are transferred to: (A) a shareholder of the Company (determined immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock; (B) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (determined after the asset transfer); (C) a Person, or more than one Person Acting as a Group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company (determined after the asset transfer); or (D) an entity at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person described in clause (C) (determined after the asset transfer).
Excluded Cash means (a) any cash of the Loan Parties allocated for, reserved or otherwise set aside to pay (i) amounts then due and owing to unaffiliated third parties for which any of the Loan Parties have issued (or will issue within five (5) Business Days) checks or have initiated (or will initiate within five (5) Business Days) wires or ACH transfers in order to pay such amounts or (ii) the reasonably estimated balance of the purchase price and closing costs anticipated to be paid to unaffiliated third parties in connection with a “sign and close” purchase and sale agreement or other acquisition agreement for which any of the Loan Parties have issued (or will issue within five (5) Business Days) checks or have initiated (or will initiate within five (5) Business Days) wires or ACH transfers in order to pay such amounts, (b) cash allocated for, reserved or otherwise set aside for and solely used for (i) payroll or employee benefit payment obligations, (ii) the payment of severance and ad valorem taxes and other taxes of any Loan Party, and (iii) royalty and working interest payments, vendor payments and suspense payments owing to third parties, (c) cash collateral accounts with respect to letters of credit, (d) any cash or cash equivalents of any Loan Party (1) held in escrow by an unaffiliated third party and constituting purchase price deposits and/or (2) held by any Loan Party constituting the reasonably estimated balance of the purchase price and closing costs, in each case held in connection with a pending acquisition from an unaffiliated third party reasonably projected to close within the next succeeding sixty (60) days pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement, and (e) any cash or cash equivalents of any Loan Party held by any Loan Party constituting the reasonably estimated amount of any cash distributions with respect to the Borrower’s Equity Interests that the Borrower intends to make to holders of its Equity Interests, in each case which distributions are expressly permitted pursuant to Section 9.04(d) and which distributions shall be made within the next succeeding thirty (30) days.
Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities means, with respect to each Borrower and Guarantor, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this Agreement or any Other Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such Borrower’s and/or Guarantor’s failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other provision of this Agreement or any Other Document, the foregoing is subject to the following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, this definition shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Borrower or Guarantor for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap; (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest; and (c) if there is more than one Borrower or Guarantor executing this Agreement or the Other Documents and a Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
Excluded License means an open source or other software license that requires, as a condition of license, use, modification, distribution or conveyance, that (a) the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; (b) others have the right to modify or create derivative works of it; and/or (c) the code becomes redistributable at no charge.
Excluded Amount means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Asset: (a) any amount that is attributable to the reimbursement of payment by the applicable Borrower of any tax, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Asset, (b) any interest or fees (including origination, agency, structuring, management or other up-front fees) that are for the account of the applicable Person from whom the applicable Borrower purchased such Asset, (c) any reimbursement of insurance premiums relating to such Asset, (d) any escrows relating to taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with such Asset which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the applicable Borrower pursuant to escrow arrangements under the Investment Documents and (e) any amount deposited into the Asset Account in error.
Excluded Claim means a dispute, controversy or claim that concerns (a) the validity or infringement of a patent, trademark or copyright; or (b) any antitrust, anti-monopoly or competition law or regulation, whether or not statutory.
Excluded Items means any items which the Committee determines shall be excluded in fixing Performance Goals, including, without limitation, any gains or losses from discontinued operations, any extraordinary gains or losses and the effects of accounting changes.
Excluded Day shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.1(b).
Excluded Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
Excluded Hedge Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, (x) as it relates to all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (y) as it relates to all or a portion of the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation (or such security interest in respect thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the security interest of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Entities has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)(iv).
Excluded Liability means any liability that is excluded under the Bail-In Legislation from the scope of any Bail-In Action including, without limitation, any liability excluded pursuant to Article 44 of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.
Objection/Exclusion Deadline means the date by which a written objection to this Settlement Agreement or a request for exclusion submitted by a Person within the Settlement Class must be made, which shall be designated as a date no later than forty-five (45) days after the Notice Date and no sooner than fourteen (14) days after papers supporting the Fee Award are filed with the Court and posted to the settlement website listed in Paragraph 4.1(d), or such other date as ordered by the Court.
Excluded Expenses means any costs, fees or expenses of the Company or any Company Subsidiary arising out of or relating to any dispute with the Shareholder Representative or otherwise with respect to the terms of this Agreement other than the Shareholder Representative’s equal share of the fees and expenses of the Neutral Auditor and the investment bank pursuant to Section 2.4(d)(i) and except as otherwise set forth in Section 7.8.